"Son who was it?" Walker asked. "All she said was that she called to say Jessy was with someone who cared, and would take care of her." Zac answered, adding,"None of this would have happened if you'd only listened to me but no I'm a kid why should anyone listend to me." "Zac, Ken did what he thought was best. This is killing him too. Son it'll be okay. Somehow we'll find her." Walker said sitting beside him on his bed rubbing his back. "Chele don't look so sad baby, we will find her. You two cry together maybe that will help you." Walker said hugging Chele then sitting her next to Zac, lifting his arm and placing it around Chele then closing the door as he left. "Zac I'm sorry. I should have told her then she wouldn't have run thinking Daddy was trying to break you up. But now I'm a chicken and I hid my face from her in you brother's chest because if I had looked at her just once I would told her Tony was a psycho and on the loose looking for her. God what if he found her. I'll just die if anything has happened to her." Chele cried. "She's safe but I don't know where if I could only place that voice. Why'd she call on the hotline thinking she'd talk to us. Noone knows that's when we check of change recordings." Zac said. "What are you talking about?" Chele asked wiping her tears. "The girl that called and said Jessy was safe with someone who'd care for her. Oh yeah she told me to tell you she had a bone to pick with you that you're her sis and sis is supposed to mean something. Do you know who it'd be?" Zac asked. "Man Zac half the world knows Jessy and I call each other sis and the other half knows we are." Chele said, adding, "Tell me everything, Zac I have to find her. I have to tell her I love her too, always." Chele said and the two of them talked non stop trying to unravel the mystery. "Zac don't do that. You're going to get such a head rush. Come on sit up." Chele said to Zac who was laying with his head hung down over the side of the bed. "Oh all right. Whoa you're right. Man that's her. Isaac? Oh I'm dizzy. Chele babe run and get Isaac for me it's important. Man I'm gonna be sick again." Zac said falling to the floor and crawling to the bathroom to heave again. They found him still sitting on the floor, "Zac don't do this, don't give up please I have to believe we'll find her. I have to or I'll just die." Chele said sitting next to him on the floor hugging him while they cried together again. "Man Zac." Isaac said his heart breaking at the sight of his brother. He took a deep breath wiped the tear that had made it's way down his cheek, "Okay little bro what was so important?" Isaac asked. "Man Isaac remember the chick that called on the hotline that night we we're changing it, we both talked to her like forever until Dad came. Remember. Who was she?" Zac asked. "Yeah. Wasn't she the one that I had talked to one other time she was hopping made about a mixup on her merchandise order, remember she called out to the other house late and they had forgotten to put the machine on so I answered it. Yeah I remember, I mailed her my shirt so she'd have one for this," Isaac said until he was interrupted by Chele, "Mon you sent your shirt to her really. I never believed that story. No wonder she was so pissed at me for not believing it, it was true." she said grabbing Zac's arm, "Man I feel like McDonalds chicken tenders, lots and lots of them. Come with me Zac, you gotta eat something too. Let's pig out on junk food then we can throw up together." "What? Huh? Okay by me let's go." Zac said making his way to his feet barely. "Geez Zac you look like shit. You go to bed I'll get Mom" Isaac said. "No just help me to Chele's car okay? Promise me you won't let Mom and Dad stop you." Zac pleaded. "Sure Zac. Chele run get your car. Mom and Dad are at your house anyway. I'll get Zac down to the driveway." Isaac said. Chele flew home and snuck inside grabbing her purse and racing to her car, making her way to the Hanson's drive to pick up Zac. "Tell them I took him to lunch okay Isaac." Chele said and she pulled out and headed to a gas station to fill up for their trip. She returned with munchies and a sub for Zac. "You puke in my car and I'll make you clean it with your toothbrush and make you still use it. That said, Zac hun you gotta eat something. Jessy is gonna be fighting mad that we found out her hiding spot and if you let her run from us, I'll kick your sorry ass." Chele warned as she headed east on the interstate, then north through Missouri. "You really know where you're going? Where Jessy is?" Zac asked eating the sandwich. "You feeling better now? Yeah hun I know exactly where she is. It's where I would have ended up if it had been me betrayed by everyone I loved." Chele said tears coming to her eyes as she headed the car to the Illinois border. "I'm better now that I know you're going to get me together with her. I'll just beg her to forgive me over and over until she finally does. She will right?" Zac asked. "Oh Zac that must have been the hardest thing she has ever done, leaving you. She loves you so much, I can't imagine her going on without you. Of course she'll forgive you. Me she might not forgive well maybe after Mon beats the crap out of me. Then Jessy will forgive me on my death bed." Chele said. "So tell me about this Mon you keep talking about, who is she?" Zac asked and Chele told him all about Jessy's other Taylor loving Sis. How she and Monica battled over Taylor and Jessy as their Sis. "Monica was the first of your fans that Jessy didn't try and convince to stay a Hanson fan when everyone was jumping ship while you guys were putting together your fourth Mercury album. She even encouraged Monica to like Moffatt's she mailed her all the Moffatt pics and junk like that didn't interfere with her Hanson collecting, just so she'd get over Taylor." Chele said taking the next exit. "Zac we're being followed. I know I'm paranoid, but that freaking dark blue car has been behind us for a long time, as long as I can remember and now it's following me off when I didn't need to get off." Chele said stopping, trading places with Zac and he headed back onto the interstate. Chele grabbed her cell phone, dialing an operator, asking for the Illinois State Police department, and she was connected. Chele explained her situation and when everything she had reported had been verified, she was told that Troopers were being dispatched to detain the second vehicle. She was told that they were to pull off and stop at the next exit after the Troopers pulled over the second vehicle, in case identification was necessary. In a matter of minutes, "That's another unmarked car I bet you, that makes three and her come the lights, camera, action." Zac said as three State cars appeared two from behind and one cutting across the median to take the lead. "Wow Zac they've pulled guns. Man if that's some dumb fan following us, they are in for the surprise of their life." Chele laughed and Zac joined her as he took the next exit and pulled off onto the shoulder. They talked and laughed about the fan, "I can see the magazines, "Hanson Gets Tough On Fans". Zac laughed. "Oh I was just trying to get a closer look at the younger one, you know Zac, I just love him and of course he loves me, I'm carrying our love child you know. So anyway I'm like following him until he stops somewhere so I can like ask for his autograph and next thing I know, police are everywhere pointing guns at me. That's why I'm suing Hanson for a gazillion dollars." Chele imitated the fan. "Here comes the calvary." Zac said as a Trooper car pulled up behind them. "Chele, Zac?" the officer greeted. "Yes sir." Zac said handing him both of their driver licenses. "Thank you sir. Ma'am it appears there is a restraining order in effect on you also in regards to this matter. Ma'am I need you to come to the station with us and make a positive identification and then if you'll press charges we will detain him here, charge him here also and then he will be charged in Okalahoma and Missouri. This will be a Federal case because he crossed state lines ma'am so it's important that you follow through with pressing charges. Do you understand or have any questions I can help you with ma'am?" the officer asked. "Federal now because he followed us. Great. Where's the station? Actually if Zac isn't needed, it's important he go find my sister, his fiance." Chele said. Chele gave Zac directions on how to get to Round Lake and the Trooper gave a more direct route. She told him he'd find Monica in a pet store and she lived three blocks east of that. Chele wrote down her name, telephone number and address and left it with Zac as she left in the State Police car. Zac followed the Troopers directions and about twenty minutes later he pulled into Round Lake, passing the pet store and headed east three blocks. Zac pulled up in front of the house
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